Well in the shuffle of CTB stuff, I forgot to mention that my baby turned ONE YEAR OLD. Clara is one! And I just can’t believe it’s been an entire year since we drove off to the hospital and a little squishy ball of baby was born. Life is happening and kids are growing. Each of my children have been “good babies”. Well, Owen required a bit more attention which is on par with his personality…he’s just more extreme in every emotion, in every direction. But that’s what I love about him.

And third time around, we got our Clara doll. And she has really been a delightful cheerful little girl. She smiles and smiles and tries to keep up with the big kids. AND, she’s started walking! It’s been bits of the Frankenstein stumble for a month but just this week she prefers to walk over crawl and it’s so fun to watch her get around! And she’s pretty confident, she rarely wants to hold my hand…which I hope are good signs of things to come. I worry about coddling the youngest. Most of all I love Clara’s little/big personality. She’s a bit of a goofball like her brother and loves to giggle and play games. She’s come a long way in a year. Little slug: Happy adventurer: Always making cameos on my Instagram (follow me @danamadeit or via Twitter @danawillard) Clara is a tenderheart for babies and animals and can’t keep her hands off of them. If there’s a puppy in the park she needs to be in his face. And while Lucy was never a baby doll kind of girl, Clara can’t help picking one up and snuggling with it. So for her birthday (on Feb 9th) we gave Clara her very own doll and she scooped that little thing up. Then we broke out the standard birthday cupcakes and let her go at it. Timid at first, then went animal style with all mouth, no hands. Mmmm. Cupcakes. Here’s the 12 month comparison: Thank you Clara doll for being part of our family! And thanks for following along with us over here. It’s been fun sharing her growth with you each month. Read about each month here:1 month2 months3 months4 months5 months6 months7 months8 months9 months10 months11 months1 YEAR OLD!

Happy Day! Looking at the month by month shots I see that a big change happens between two and three months. My baby is 8 weeks tomorrow- time for a photo shoot! Thanks for the visual reminder. Great pictures as always.

Happy Birthday, Clara! It’s been fun to watch her grow and change this past year! She reminds me so much of my own little Norah, who turned 1 in December. I think they look similar and I see the same faces in the pictures that Norah makes! 🙂 It’s fun to compare as I’ve followed Clara’s growth! Enjoy!

Can’t believe she’s a year old already! Happy birthday, Clara! What a happy looking little cutie. OH and I love how many awesome photos you’ve taken of her, too – who says the third kid’s baby book won’t be full of pictures? 😉

happy birthday sweet girl! that last picture, on the right is just so perfect. she’s going to be such a fun little girl. you also take amazing pictures of her! are you going to do any more updates? carry on the monthly report till she’s 2? 🙂

Dana: She is just too cute for words! I love the photos of her with her new doll baby. Reminds me of my niece when she was little. She loved babies (real and doll). That was the first word I ever heard her say. Thanks for sharing her growing up photos. Looking forward to many many more. 🙂

I haven’t been following your blog for that long, and I don’t really know you well, but I always love seeing Clara on your posts, no matter what the topic is. Seeing her grow up like this makes me think of my own dear baby girl who is almost 15 months old now. This made me cry, your Clara is so sweet, so cute, so adorable and really reminds me of my own babies. I do miss those little baby days! It’s amazing to watch how fast they grow.

I love the way Clara has that loving look at her first baby doll……..I sew American Doll clothes for my grdkids and they love their 18 in. dolls. Even the two nine year olds still play house with the younger kids. Check out all the free patterns on Pinterest when you start making her baby doll clothes. There are plenty of dollie and me clothes also, it keeps me busy for all the birthdays.

Oh, I’m so glad I stopped by. I haven’t checked your blog in a few months (used to daily for about a year) and I thought this morning, “I have to see the baby” 🙂 She’s precious, thanks for sharing, Happy Birthday to Clara!

Wow a whole year old the pregnancy posts seem like they were just a few months ago, she’s gorgeous and looks like she’s got a sweet personality just like the rest of your family, she’s extra cute in the little hair clips!

Oh such a cutie! Wish I could give her a squeeze! I can’t believe she is one already. She reminds me of our lucky third: happy and independent. Such great qualities. Where would our families be without number three?!

Oh man. I already wanted another baby. But now I REALLY do. So precious! My kids are the same–oldest daughter not into babies much, middle son more intense just because he’s MORE in every way, good and bad, my youngest daughter is a little mama to babies, dolls, animals, etc. always telling everyone “it’s ok, I gotcha”. I have worried about babying her too much, not knowing if she might be my last, but honestly I think she is just more caring and compassionate and those aren’t bad things. Enjoy your little toddler!

Happy Birthday Clara! That year has seriously flown by. I have enjoyed your updates which reminded me how very fast time goes. That first year, especially, is gone in a blink. She is adorable! ~Michelle

Happy Birthday, Clara! Seeing her sweet pictures makes me miss my 14 month old little girl, I don’t think she would appreciate being woke up just so I can snuggle her though! I love the picture of her peeking over the bathtub and of her snuggled into her car seat, so sweet!

Just when I think she can’t get any cuter…the most precious baby! And so beautiful like her big sister and mom! Thank you for sharing her with us over the past year. God has truly blessed you and yours. Happy Birthday Clara!

I love your blogg – and your charming baby-Clara – I have been following you since befor Clara was born. She is adorable. The other kids also. You make so many nice things. Thank you for sharing all the nice tutorials.

Oh sweet Clara! I cannot believe she is over a year old!! Seriously. Where in the world did the time go? I can’t wait to meet her and see her fun little personality. I loved the animal style on her birthday cupcake. She made me lol. 🙂 Miss you and your gorgeous family so much.